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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1998
Page
6
Dale Larson serves as managing editor, while Mark Bowden continues as editor in chief at the publication. Their roles shape daily coverage, editorial direction, and newsroom operations.
A Gazette Editorial argues Christmas return to Cuba signals policy shifts under Castro. It notes atheism era easing, papal visit, and prisoner releases as context for reconsidering the U S embargo. The piece asserts the embargo harms civilians more than the regime and questions rigid resistance to ending it.
In Fountain Square Cincinnati the Ku Klux Klan raises a cross with a City Hall permit. Protesters decry the act as racist while the Klan argues it signals Christian values. The debate turns on faith, symbolism, and free expression amid public backlash.
Darrel Hoff recounts the memorialization of Karl Anthony Giesen, a Navy yeoman missing after Pearl Harbor. A bronze plaque was placed at St Al's Cemetery Calmar by Halverson Giesen American Legion Post 266 with Decorah Memorial Company funding, honoring a son whose remains rest aboard the Arizona.
David C. Oshel of Cedar Rapids argues the term pissant is a fighting word not a simple insult to be vulgar and suggests it derives from a pejorative view of arrogance. He challenges the Merriam Webster sense and calls it a country lawyer’s dig at overbearing attitudes.
A November 29 letter questions the view that Scripture condemns homosexuality, arguing Jesus fulfilled the law and critiquing how it is interpreted. The writer cites Romans and Galatians to discuss sin and judgment, prompting a clash over biblical interpretations.
The Gazette accepts letters up to 300 words. Include your name street address and daytime phone number. only your name and hometown will be published. Send to Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or via FAX 319 398 5846 or email gazette fyiowa com.
Lott argues city lawsuits against gun makers are bankrupting small firms while ignoring gun ownership benefits. He cites defense uses, crime data, and a 1996 police survey, urging protection of gun rights for self defense and criticizing costly litigation.
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